August Patch Tuesday for Adobe software

Adobe’s monthly updates continue to coincide with Microsoft’s. This month there are updates for Adobe Acrobat/Reader and Flash.

The new version of Flash is 14.0.0.176, unless you’re using Flash in a browser other than Internet Explorer, in which case it’s 14.0.0.179. Regardless, the new version includes several bug and security fixes, and adds some new features that are mainly of interest to developers.

The latest version of Adobe Reader is 11.0.0.8. This version fixes a specific vulnerability that allows attackers to circumvent security protections. According to Adobe, attacks based on this vulnerability have been seen in the wild.

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Jeff Rivett has worked with and written about computers since the early 1980s. His first computer was an Apple II+, built by his father and heavily customized. Jeff's writing appeared in Computist Magazine in the 1980s, and he created and sold a game utility (Ultimaker 2, reviewed in the December 1983 Washington Apple Pi Journal) to international markets during the same period. Proceeds from writing, software sales, and contract programming gigs paid his way through university, earning him a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) degree at UWO. Jeff went on to work as a programmer, sysadmin, and manager in various industries. There's more on the About page, and on the Jeff Rivett Consulting site.

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